[kw-pm] Damian Conway talk and YAPC::NA 2005

[Bill Traynor]

I'm sure everyone on this list is already aware of the upcoming free talks
to be given by Damian Conway in July in Toronto.

For details see http://to.pm.org/damian/#freetalks

What you may not be aware of is that if the UofT venue is sufficiently
packed (ie. standing room only) there is a considerably good possibility
that YAPC:NA 2005 will be held in Toronto.

So if you were trying to decide which talk to attend, please try to make
the Saturday talk at UofT:

Saturday 17 July 2004, 4pm - 7pm

Room BA 1160
Bahen Centre for Information Technology
40 St. George Street
University of Toronto (downtown St. George campus)
Toronto, Ontario

Here's a summary of the talk topic: Perl 6 Language Update: The State of
The Language, and Object-Oriented Programming in Perl 6

The Perl 6 design process is about keeping what works in Perl 5, fixing
what doesn't, and adding what's missing. That means there will be a few
fundamental changes to the language, a larger number of extensions to
existing functionality, and a handful of completely new features. In this
talk Damian will showcase some of the ways in which these modifications,
enhancements, and innovations -- and in particular, the new OO mechanisms
in Perl 6 -- will work together to make the next major version of Perl
even more insanely great.

This talk will be best appreciated by people who have a decent level of
Perl 5 knowledge, especially if they have been following along with the
Perl 6 development process. However, anyone who comes will gain a much
better appreciation of the Perl 6 language, including a good idea of what
it will look like in its final form. This talk could run long.

Cheers
Bill